Lentil, Sausage Pasta / Avocado Sauce, garnished with Zucchini

Total time: 30 minutes Not quite a hot pasta dish; not quite a pasta salad. But chock-a-block with vegetables and flavor. Can easily be made vegetarian: eliminate the sausages and add more zucchini, lentils (cooked in water) or tofu.

Cut avocado and remove pit. Put both halves of the avocado into a small bowl. Add lemon juice and mash with a fork or potato masher.

When well mashed add goat cheese and mash together.

Slice zucchini into 1/2" (1.25cm) thick slices.

Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. The skillet needs to be large enough to hold all of the slices flat. Add zucchini slices and fry 8 - 12 minutes. Check after 8 by lifting up with tongs and looking at the bottom; it should be getting brown spots on it. If not, fry some more; if yes turn and fry the other side. The other side won't take quite as long. When they are done the slices will have nice, browned patches on both sides and be tender.

Cook sausages on barbecue grill 10 - 15 minutes or until done (can also be sautéed in nonstick skillet - same amount of time).